John Boy Saint

Long has a reputation going back a long way for gilding the lily when it comes to being fouled on contact, when he does actually get fouled more often than not he is treated like the boy who cried wolf. Arsenal a couple of seasons ago in the latter minutes TV later showed he was clearly fouled alongside the Arsenal penalty box, right in front of the Lino who signaled nothing, the Ref waved it away like his decision was "oh look its Shane Long nothing to see here" 20 seconds later Arsenal are in our box winning a soft penalty. You could just imagine the voice in the Ref's ear Wednesday night........" don't bother asking Kevin, its only Shane Long".......Lino concurring "not his best but 6.5 for artistic impression".

Don’t think anyone is, the last 10 minutes last night reminded me of many moons ago when we played Spurs on Boxing Day, pretty sure not long after WGS came in and we beat them 1-0, driving home Mrs JBS said “did you feel the stadium atmosphere change when the clock clicked to 80 minutes, everyone was nervous?”. Last night as we were into the 80 minutes the atmosphere certainly did change from us fans in the ground as many feared the inevitable. I thought everyone played ok, with the odd exception, even Cedric with his brain fart hoof into no mans land in added time, for a bloke who has played and won at such a high level you did wonder WTF!! I have a feeling that despite his waywardness he is in the team in the hope that someone snaps him up in January and chucks a bit of cash in the pot rather than just walking away in June. In a similar vein and amazingly a player who seems to dodge the forum bullets is Højbjerg! Aside from his rasping shot (at the behest of the crowd) in the first half, he was pretty inert and anonymous and seems to have reverted to treating the ball like a baked potato just out of the oven, with the finger often being pointed at JWP for the backwards pass PEH seemed to have that switched on as a default setting last night, that said what the heck he was playing at when the Norwich defence parted like the Red Sea before him giving a clear route to goal, and he opted run diagonally towards the corner flag and a cluster of Norwich defenders instead. I quipped to the chap who was late in beside me and was woofing down his burger at an indigestion inducing rate that PEH had seen he hadn’t quite finished his tea and didn’t want to disturb him by scoring a goal! The other player looking pants at the moment is Redmond, boy he is so predictable soft in the tackle and easily stood up by defenders, he gets the ball high up the pitch and e v e r y t h i n g s l o w s r i g h t down. Still another 3 points in the bag, back to back home wins, hopefully that will give the lads a bit of belief to build on. Finally having driven from Basingstoke to Leicester across to Stamford then back home to pick up Mrs JBS and then to Southampton I was starving Marvin as I walked into SMS and opted for the Steak Pie from the new concourse menu, I have to say it’s was pretty damn good. (Cue Turkish to admonish me now and ignore all the above )

Not being able to grind out a result against 10 men for 70 minutes away in London sounds familiar too.

Bit like football didn't exist before 1992 - and amazingly despite not actually achieving anything in the Premier League they are probably the most televised team on Sky Sports.

was amusing when he said he was drunk the last time he did the draw!

A proper 3pm kick off - WooHoo!!

Saints v Huddersfield AT HOME!!!!,!

Am I? How? After Bridge made his comment this has no longer been the match thread it been the JWP is Marmite thread.

JWP could score 20 goals for Saints in a season, but because he grew up in a house of Portsmouth season ticket holders he will forever be considered a steaming pile by a section of people posting on here. It’s a good job he is on the pitch as Ings has 7 goals this season, second on the list JWP with 4. There are other players on the pitch that wear Red and White who deserve the maligning finger pointed at them...........but hang on none of them were brought up as a Pompey fan.

In these modern times, being gender identified as Male from birth I am wondering if I am a bit old fashioned to continue considering myself as a Male of the species and whether I should get with the times and re align myself as gender neutral or just come out and announce myself as a teapot. Back on topic: amazed that no one has mentioned that he actually flashed a couple of Nuns - one had a stroke and the other couldn't quite reach! ......................................Wheres my coat?!

Bound to be an absolute cracker Mum's 80th Family dinner Saturday night all booked up before Sky o'clock poked their 5 eggs in, so 2 more empty seats. Maybe I should follow Warsash Saints lead (Happy Birthday Sunday) and head down the bookies too........................do you think they will do me an each way bet:D

Reading between the lines seems that Galatasaray are rubbing their hands together at Leminas injury and a perfect excuse to get him out of their club. They have obviously found him out to be a total waste of talent - everyone use to joke about Mane going on a winter performance sojourn when with us - Lemina if you look at his record has made it a career trait everywhere he has been. Those still holding a candle to him to be the saviour of our midfield forget it - the bloke has no spine for a fight - anyone who witnessed the 10 minutes he took to change his football boots mid way through the game up at Wolves will have spotted that the bloke is a total wastrel. Sorry the bloke is as useless a signing as Carillo.

Think if you swap Gunny with Ings the line up will be spot on as that gives a bit of target man height up front.

Too much info Norway.......we know you are a clevercloggs chuck in an edit mate

There you go Wurzel is a Jock!!

Hooray an International break to give us a rest from the current Saints woes for a weekend. Just for fun - Time for another Quiz to while away 10 minutes before we get back on the Hamster wheel - this time as “Ingerland” play their 1000th game this week - it is one every Scot will be able to answer in 2 minutes with glee Like last time on here DO NOT post “damn I forgot about losing to Timbuktu and the Falkland Islands” Just post your score. I got 32/37 .............having spellcheck on might help so will knowing your world history because there are a few twists. GOOD LUCK https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50100530

Maybe we are getting ready for the Championship, with Gao's cunning plan to reduce the value of the remaining 20% he is obliged to buy by seeing us relegated. And Radhi parachuted into the managers hot seat as a cheap replacement - Bournemouth, Sheffield Utd, Aston Villa have all done ok with ex players, fans, whatever in charge.

Amazed Redmond has avoided comment on here, pretty much invisible all game and any ball punted up in the air to him he just saw the "bigger boy" Holgate behind him and just seem to let him jump up and win it every time.

To answer the bit no one has answered yet - seems to have done alright for Villa created a good situation for Villa as looks like McGinn(?) wasn’t just going to lay down for a nipper to take his place so upped his game, Matt’s opportunity came and was taken with both hands and stayed in when McGinn was fit again. Matt got injured in the West Midlands derby yesterday and McGinn rolled his sleeves up a got stuck in, despite losing. Villa have 2 pieces of jigsaw that fit in the hole they are supposed to.

Maybe that’s the plan - to ultimately reduce the value of the remaining 20% Gao has agreed to buy.

Bizarrely enough you do have to wonder

That’s a bit selfish not putting a call out for help on here during last week, if you want to knock off the hall stairs and landing on the 30th pretty sure I can clear my diary to pitch in - feel free to PM me

Kyle Walker going in Goal for City!! Ederson was broken half tim3 Bravo just had a brain fart straight red - Walker gets the gloves a game to late for us

I'll believe you................ .............pretty sure if I was on £250k+ per week tax free, my Instagram might look pretty similar.

About right having a chip at Walker - the bloke can't normally hit a Cows backside with a Banjo in front of goal - then for his one time per the season he manages to get him and his Banjo in exactly the right place at precisely the right time..............it does also sum up our luck of late. Still as always a good read.